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Hṛdaya, circa 1700-1850. = वरदगणेशसहस्रनामस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1979
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Standardized Title:
Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.
Other Title:
Śivahṛdayamantra
Śivahṛdayastotra
Subjects:
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Tantrism.
Hindu mantras.
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā) of the deity Śiva in his manifestation as Dakṣināmūrtiśiva. Presented as a dialogue between Śiva (as Īśvara) and Pārvatī. Text praises the god through mantras and verse and is from a larger work known as the Rudrayāmala, a work of Tantric Śaivism.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Śivahṛdayamantra from incipit (f. 1r); second alternate title from fourth and fifth line of text (f. 1r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale iśvarapārvatīsaṃvāde dakṣiṇāmūrtiśivasya hṛdayaṃ samāptim agamat // śrīrastu // (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4573 (UP 1979).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1979.
OCLC:
952122003